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Short Communication: Counterfactual ('if only') thinking in women with chronic widespread pain

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The study explored the counterfactual thinking that women with chronic and widespread pain showed in response to what they themselves considered to be particularly stressful situations. Counterfactual thinking in 125 women sick-listed due to chronic and widespread pain was investigated in terms of structure, function and control focus. The women were asked, for each of three types of problems that they indicated in a questionnaire to affect them most strongly, to describe a typical occurrence of it and to complete a counterfactual sentence in connection with it of the type 'If only...'. The majority of counterfactuals pertained to predominantly somatic problems (e.g. musculo-skeletal problems, pain and fatigue) classified as being affective rather than preparative and self-focused rather than external, whereas in counterfactuals relating to predominantly psychological/psychosocial problems a preparative function and an external focus were more prominent. The numbers of problems listed and the numbers of situations responded to counterfactually were positively correlated. The counterfactuals, although often related to somatic problems, generally concerned psychological or psychosocial matters such as finances and paid or unpaid work. A contextual approach to elucidating counterfactual thinking based on subjects' own experiences is seen as providing valuable insight into what bothers them most. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Publiceringsår

2006

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

121-129

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Stress and Health

Volym

22

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Ämne

  • Other Clinical Medicine

Nyckelord

  • approach
  • stressful situations
  • contextual
  • counterfactual thinking
  • chronic and widespread pain

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1532-3005